Criminal nomadism: A neglected dimension of spatial mobility in sex offending

Patrick Michaud, Eric Beauregard and Jean Proulx

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2022, vol. 81, issue C

Abstract: This study investigates criminal nomadism—an individual's propensity to engage in continuous or intermittent interurban travel as a way to cope with the consequences of their criminal lifestyle and/or as a strategy to adapt to the reality of being a “career criminal.”

Keywords: Crime pattern theory; Criminal career; Criminal nomadism; Geographic mobility; Sex offending; Spatial patterns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101928

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